Device for removing foreign bodies from the eye



(No Model.)

D. Y. HALLOGK.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN BODIES FROM THE EYE. No. 462,910. PatentedNov. 10,1891.

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DANIEL Y. I'IALLOCK, OF SOUTIIOLD, NEXV YORK.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN BODIES FROM THE EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,910, dated November10, 1891.

Application filed April 28, 1891. Serial No. 390,878. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL Y, IIALLOCK, of Southold, in the county ofSuffolk and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Device forRemoving Cinders or other Foreign Substances from the Eye; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

My invention has for its object to furnish a device for readily removingwithout pain or injury cinders or other foreign substances which maybecome lodged in the eye.

It consists in the arrangement in a suit.- able handle of one or moreslender delicate loops either of metal, hair, silk, or wool, or othermaterial having sufficient stiffness to project out from the handle andyet of such flexibility and elasticity as to readily yield and adaptitself to the surface of the eyeball without causing undue friction orpressure thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myeye-cleaning de vice constructed to fold up in a suitable case andopened out, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof whenclosed up in the ease.

A represents a suitable supporting piece or handle, which may be of anydesired form and of any suitable material, adapted to receive and holdat one end the eye-cleaning loops 15B. 'lheseconsist of slender filaments,

preferably of hair, but which may be of fine silver or other metallicwire, or of silk, or wool, or cotton properly stiffened to prevent itfrom dropping or bending under its own weight. The two ends of eachfilament are secured in one end of the handle or support-- ing piece A,so as to form a projecting loop. These loops, made of various lengths,are disposed in regular order concentrically one within the other, withuniform intervals between them, as shown in the drawings. To protectthem from injury when not in use, the supporting-piece A, to which theyare attached, is preferably pivoted to fold into a case D of leather orother suitable material adapted in its form to wholly inclose the loopsand fully protect them, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the device maywithout fear of injury thereto be readilycarried in the pocket. Vhenopened out, the case forms an extension of the handle or supportingpiece A, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the use of this instrument the eyelid must be raised and the loops BI3 passed well back under the raised eyelid, which is then allowed toresume its natural position, thus pressing the loops upon the eyeballwhile they are being drawn gently out, bringing with them the substanceor particle of matter sought for without causing the least pain orirritation of the eye.

I claim as my invention- An eye-cleaning device consisting of one ormore looped filaments attached to a handle, substantially in the mannerand for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 4 two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL Y. IIALLOCK. Witnesses:

WALTER B. WHITE, GEORGE M. llARRIGEL.

